LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea defeated football power Mexico 1-0 in a friendly match at the Memorial Coliseum here Wednesday.
The victory culminated the South Korean team's 41-day overseas training trip that started on Jan. 15, and boded well for the team in the World Cup finals in Germany this June.
S. Korea drop two slots to 31st in FIFA world rankings
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea slid two notches to 31st place in the monthly FIFA rankings for February, the world football governing body said Wednesday.
The Asian side dropped to its lowest rank in 29 months after teetering at 29th place for the last four months.
culminate /klmnet/ (culminates, culminating, culminated)
VERB
If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk.
bode /bod/ (bodes, boding, boded)
VERB
If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen.[ FORMAL ]
teeter /tit/ (teeters, teetering, teetered)
1. VERB
Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.
Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
